(REJECTED)Bitcoin Ransom Paid By Colonia Pipeline To Hackers Recorvered By FBI

“Earlier today, the Department of Justice has found and recaptured the majority of ransom Colonial paid to the DarkSide network in the wake of the ransomware attack.” She said

She further disclosed that the FBI does not take side with paying ransom when perpetrators of ransomware demand for ransom,

“The FBI does not support paying a ransom in response to a ransomware attack. “It also encourages perpetrators to target more victims and offers an incentive for others to get involved in this type of illegal activity.” Lisa said.

The Fight Against Ransomware Attack

Not long ago, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, car manufacturing company previously disclosed that Russian Hackers also tareged the company demanding 1 million Us dollars worth of Bitcoin. According to him, the perpetrators of the attack contacted one of his employees asking him to install a ransomware malware on the company's computer and offered to pay him $1m.

The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with the help of investigators (FBI) in the previous year started penalizing firms or extbalishments that engages in fostering payment of ransoms on ransomware attack.